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This is gonna sound very small scale, but it's a small grid so there's that.

The first proper installation was back in 2019 when the utility put up a 261 kWp solar "farm" on a seperate island grid, apart from the main grid, this installation has at periods during the day supplied about 2% of the electricity. Since 2019 not much has happened, in asfar big stuff is concerned, a few residential rooftops here and some there.

Until 2024 when one of the large industrial users installed roughly 0.5 MW on their roofs.
Some policy changes and international events later.

Talked to one of the few companies yesterday who do solar, they are asked about quotes for new projects 3-4 times a week, and their entire calender for this year is fully booked with both residental and industrial rooftoops, and roughly they alone have installed as much this year as was installed nationwide prior to this year, rough estimate from seller.

I don't have any data yet, such as proper production numbers etc, but things are looking shiney, and as summer is our most oil dependant period of the year, win win.

If solar can work here, it can work anywhere.
We are still running on the grid, but have started talking over the dinner table about getting solar panels ourselves.